Only transport investment will keep us on track

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A zero-sum game between Northern Powerhouse Rail and Crossrail 2 isn’t one we need to play. Northern Powerhouse Rail will connect some of our great Northern cities. Crossrail 2 will stop our capital city from grinding to a halt. Both will drive growth and productivity, and benefit the whole of the UK economy.

Crossrail 2 is critical to the capital’s growth and something London, and London business, is willing to pay for.

Demand for public transport in our capital is expected to increase by 50pc in the next 30 years. A failure to meet this growing demand will have negative effects on the whole country’s economic growth.

If London’s growth can be increased from its long-run average, it would yield...